Director of Design Research
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Job title: Director of Design Research
Location: West Coast preferred, primarily remote with some travel to LA (10%)
Compensation: $200,000-$250,000
Are you a seasoned researcher of customer behavior with a passion for vetting world-changing venture concepts? Are you an engaging storyteller who loves using data and visualization to make complicated ideas digestible and actionable? If so, this may be an ideal opportunity for you!
Why this role exists
The Director of Design Research is a strategic collaborator to Mahway's Partners. You will take Partner's strategic vision and validate the assumptions and marketability of Mahway's potential ventures. Your strategic mindset will be pivotal in minimizing risks and propelling Mahway to unparalleled heights.
About Mahway
Mahway is a venture builder with the aim of building dozens of high-growth, unicorn-potential businesses over the next decade. We pair experienced founders and operators with proven growth playbooks to solve some of our world's most important problems.
Required
5+ years of experience as a researcher, analyst, and/or strategist at management consulting firms, think tanks, or investment analysis firms
Experience and/or familiarity with facilitating human-centered creative problem-solving (either at an agency or in-house team)
Client services and account management experience across multiple clients
Outcomes
You will design and implement several methodologies for executing efficient and accurate validation projects
You will build and manage a team of researchers and analysts
Skills
You are adept at crafting the best research approach and tactics for each validation project.
Diverse research methods, including desk research and customer interviews
You are a sophisticated communicator who can ingest information, synthesize and then package it so it's easily understandable
You are a people person with empathy and high EQ
You can tell a business story using decks and charts.
You're fluent in modern productivity software
You are a structured and strategic thinker
You are self-directed, autonomous, and deeply curious
Traits
You are a self-directed, creative problem-solver
You are innately optimistic and have a positive outlook
In the first 90-days
You will carry out X-Y idea validation projects in the first quarter
You will manage and deploy a budget per idea validation project
In the first 12 months
You will be responsible for managing the research process and team
You will build and operationalize an efficient process for research and validation
You will build a research team to sustain an efficient research pipeline to assist in the efficient validation of ideas
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